Amusement device.



A. D. LAKlN.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE;

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2?. I917. 1,266,49.

Patented May 14,1918.

m .4 MM W ML H y 4, HW Wu. a w

z k \i m i .1 u l.

INVENTOR WITNESSES A. D. LAKIN.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17.1917.

Patented May 14, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 INVENTOR WITNESSES Y E N R O T T ARTHUR D. LAKIN, or LA HAM, ILLINOIS.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented m 1a, 1918.

. Application filed July 17, 1917. Serial No. 181,115.

To all whom it may concern:

citizen of the United States, residing at Latham, in the county of Logan and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to an amusement device for use at fairs and the like and more particularly to a mechanically operated figure representing a human being and constitutin a target to be struck by a ball, such as a base ball, thrown at the figure from a suitable distance.

One object of the invention is to provide means for automatically operating the arms of the figure when a given portion of the latter constituting the target proper is struck by a ball, the movement of one of the arms imparting movement to a device controlling the tongue.

A still further object is to provide means for restoring the movable parts to normal position, ready for further operation.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation.

Fig. 2 is a view in rear elevation.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 and showing the target after having been struck by a ball, and also showing the arms in raised position.

Fig. 4; is a vertical section.

The figure may be constructed of wood and suitably padded and the height and other dimensions may be conveniently made to correspond approximately with those of a human being of somewhat more than medium stature and weight.

The body portion is designated 10, the legs are shown at 12 and 13 and the head at 1 1, these members being illustrated c0nventionally. The arms 15 and 16 are pivotally mounted as indicated at 17 and are adapted to swing outwardly when released from their normal position at the side of the figure. Each arm is automatically operated or thrown outwardly-by means of a cord or flexible device shown at 18 and secured at or near the point 19, the opposite end of this flexible device having connection with a spring 20 secured at 21, this spring placing the cord under tension and serving to raise the arm when the securing means therefor are released. 5

Near the wrist I provide a catch shown at 22, this catch being adapted to come into en gagement with an offset member or catch 23 carried on the end of a rotatable rod or rock shaft 2 L which mountedhorizontally and is partly rotated for the purpose of releasing the arm when the target is struck by the ball. Shaft 24 carries a catch 23 at each end and said shaft is operated by means of a plurality of arms 26 rigidly secured thereto and secured to a block or the like designated 27 mounted in an aperture 28 in the body portion of the figure. This block 27 constitutes the target, or in a sense, the bulls eye of the target, and the padding of the figure is arranged to permit this target, 7

or bulls eye, to be readily observed and to be struck by the ball being thrown. Shaft 2% may be under the control of a spring 25 for the purpose of restoring the shaft and target 27 to normal position, and the arms are drawn inwardly after being released by means of a cord 30 passing around a pulley 31 and around a similar pulley 32 mounted in a recess near the lower portion of the figure, or the foot thereof.

The tongue is arranged to be operated by the movement of one of the arms, being under the control of a tripping device 35 which when struck by one of the arms releases the tongue 36 acting under the influence of a spring 37 for forcing the latter outwardly. The upward movement of the arms and the movement of the tongue is designed to indicate surrender when the target is struck by the ball. The tongue may be returned to normal position by pressure on the outer end thereof for placing the spring under tension.

A horn shown at 14 is operated by means of member 42 when engaged by the device 13 upon raising arm 15.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, a body portion, a plurality of pivotally mounted arms, a target pivotally mounted and having a swinging movement when struck by a ball, resilient means for raising the arms, and means connected with said target for retaining the arms in a lowered position when the target is in position for operation.

2. In a device of the class described, a body portion, a plurality of pivotally mounted arms, resilient means adapted to be placed under tension and to throw said arms upwardly when released, engagingdevices carried by said arms, a rotatable member cooperating with said engaging devices, a target carried by the rotatable member and havin a swinging movement with reference to the ody portion, said target operatin the rotatable member under impact and re easing the arms.

3. In a device of the class described, a body portion, a plurality of pivotally mounted arms, means for automatically throwing the arms upwardly, means for controlling the automatic movement, and a spring actu- ARTHUR D. LAKIN.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

